Today we look at some simple yet effective passing concepts the Packers relied on for big plays in 2024.

The Green Bay Packers relied on a simple yet effective passing design in 2024: their deep dig/deep out passing concept. The concept was called only a handful of times, but it created explosive pass plays for the offense in high leverage situations. The play was either run from under center with play action and mirrored receiver formations or was run out of shotgun on third downs and no play action.

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Gutekunst gave credit to a little-known member of the front office in praising the Nate Hobbs deal.

Nate Hobbs was hardly a household name before the Packers gave him a four-year, $48 million contract this spring, but according to Brian Gutekunst, the team has had eyes on him for a while.

Specifically, Gutekunst says director of pro personnel Richmond Williams had been keeping tabs on Hobbs during the first four years of Hobbs’ career.

“Richmond Williams on our pro staff does a great job and has been pushing [for him],” Gutekunst told reporters today at the NFL’s spring owners meetings....

Keep up with the names of all the players meeting with the Packers ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft.

During Ted Thompson’s tenure as general manager of the Green Bay Packers, the team rarely brought high-level college prospects in for formal visits ahead of the NFL Draft. Thompson’s approach was almost exclusively to bring in a few players projected near the top of the draft to evaluate character or injury questions, and then use the vast majority of their visits on late-round or likely undrafted prospects.

Brian Gutekunst’s approach has differed somewhat, though the team still tends to use visits...

A door has been left open for Alexander to return to the team

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst got the opportunity to speak to the press on Monday morning at the NFL’s spring owners meetings. There, he was asked about cornerback Jaire Alexander, the former All-Pro whose future with the team currently hangs in limbo.

Earlier this offseason, it was reported that Alexander was not willing to take a pay cut to remain a Packer, which led to Green Bay never pushing that offer forward. The team has apparently been looking at trading Alexander since then, [according to...

The Packers will formally begin expanding their international presence into Europe this year.

As the NFL continues to market itself outside of the United States, the Green Bay Packers are getting on board the international efforts. At the league’s annual meeting on Monday, Green Bay was announced as one of four new teams added to the NFL’s international marketing program.

Joining the Packers as new participants in the program are the Washington Commanders, Baltimore Ravens, and Los Angeles Chargers, according to Evan Winter of AtoZ Sports.

One of the key components of the program is to assign each participating team...

The widely-expected position switch is now confirmed.

When the Green Bay Packers signed guard Aaron Banks early in the 2025 free agency period, that move signaled that a position change was coming for one of the established players on the Packers’ offensive line. Banks has exclusively played guard in his NFL career, specifically left guard — a position primarily manned by Elgton Jenkins since his rookie year in 2019.

With starting center Josh Myers signing with the New York Jets a few days later, it became clear that Banks would slot in at one of the Packers’ starting guard spots....

Between the draft and the rules change proposal, the Packers are at the center of the NFL’s mind right now.

The Green Bay Packers are sitting front and center in the eyes of the NFL right now. In less than four weeks, the 2025 NFL Draft will kick off from just in front of Lambeau Field, marking the first time that Green Bay has hosted one of the league’s premier events. And as of this weekend, construction for all of the stages and temporary facilities associated with the draft is officially underway.

That of course means that the area around...

Williams lacks college pass-rushing production but has a high upside

This offseason, we’re hoping to write up prospect profiles on every single draftable player that the Green Bay Packers bring in on a pre-draft visit. The third potential first-round defensive end on our list is Georgia’s Mykel Williams, who battled through a Grade 2 ankle sprain during the 2024 season.

According to Williams, he was injured in the Bulldogs’ first game of the year, which limited to him to about 60 percent. Even though he ran a 40-yard dash in the 4.75-second to 4.82-second range at his pro day, Williams...

Will Green Bay fans ever pick a defensive end? The time is now

It’s Monday, which means we’re starting another round of our mock draft voting here at Acme Packing Company. As always, we’ll take you through a mock draft scenario, in which you’ll vote for your preferred option in the comment section. The winner at the end of the day will be the Green Bay Packers’ first-round pick in this mock. We’ll continue with second- and third-round selection voting on Tuesday and Wednesday.

If you need a refresher, here’s how the first two mocks panned out for the Packers:...

The NFL will decide on the fate of the play on Tuesday

ESPN’s Kalyn Kahler reported on Sunday night that the Green Bay Packers’ rule proposal of banning the “Tush Push,” a quarterback sneak play that the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles made famous, “has support within the competition committee.” Essentially, what the Packers are proposing is that teammates would not be allowed to push a quarterback forward on a quarterback sneak, something the Eagles have found great success with under quarterback Jalen Hurts, who once finished second in a Texas prep powerlifting meeting as a high schooler.

Per Kahler,...

The spring owners meetings will alert TNF’s flex ability, one way or another

According to reporting from Sports Business Journal’s Ben Fischer, NFL owners will vote on Monday whether “Thursday Night Football” will shorten its 28-day deadline to flex a Sunday game to the mid-week. There is currently a proposal to shave a week off of that figure, meaning that there are at least some people in the league who would like to give Amazon the option to flex games with just three weeks of notice.

As Fischer noted, the newly proposed 21-day deadline is still a longer period of...

The Packers skipped out on a defensive end on both Day 1 and Day 2 in this edition

Earlier this week, we had Acme Packing Company’s readership vote on draft selections for the Green Bay Packers’ first three picks of the draft. As always, if you want to join in on the fun, we’ll be running one round of voting each very Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft.

For the second straight mock, fans voted against the Packers taking an edge defender on Day 1 or Day 2 of the draft, [a big upset considering...